Old-Time New England (volume 72, serial number 259): New England Furniture: Essays in Memory of Benno M. Forman

Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1987. Softbound. VG-, spine faded. Orange pictorial wraps, xvii, 354 pp, numerous bw illustrations. A collection of nine essays on various topics about the history of New England furniture. Assembled in memory of furniture expert and art professor Benno M. Forman (1930-1982). The essays are: The Fruits of Oligarchy: Patronage and the Hadley Chest Tradition in Western Massachusetts / Philip Zea ; Some Thoughts on Connecticut Cupboards and Other Case Furniture / Gerald W. R. Ward ; John Cahoone and the Newport Furniture Industry / Jeanne Vibert Sloane ; Carving Practices in Eighteenth-Century (truncated) Boston / Luke Beckerdite ; An Introduction to Portsmouth Furniture of the Mid-Eighteenth Century / Brock W. Jobe ; Mix and Match: A Study of the Furniture in One Household / Myrna Kaye ; Vermont Furniture, 1790-1830 / William N. Hosley, Jr. ; Transparent Furniture Finishes in New England, 1700-1825 / Robert D. Mussey, Jr. ; The Wheelwright and Maerklein Inventories and the History of the Upholstery Trade in America, 1750-1900 / Andrew Passeri and Robert Trent. With illustrations. (Inventory #: 105327)